Wavefront REST API

The Wavefront REST API allows you to perform management tasks that you’d perform from the UI, such as creating events. You can use Swagger to create an API client or a CLI client from this API.

The SDKs allow you to send metrics to the Wavefront proxy or directly to the Wavefront service. These SDKs are available through different integrations and in GitHub.

REST API Overview

All interactions between the Wavefront UI and your Wavefront instance occur through the Wavefront management API. You can perform those actions using REST - or you can create an API client using Swagger, discussed below.

The current version of the REST API is v2. You can access the API at <wavefront_instance>/api/v2. The v1 API (<wavefront_instance>/api/) was deprecated in 2017 and is no longer supported.

Note: The Wavefront REST API is not the same as the /api endpoint that you specify for the Wavefront proxy.

API Documentation

The REST API is publicly documented in the Swagger-generated API documentation.